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Tour the Indonesian Home Where Barack Obama Grew Up
August 13, 2019
President Barack Obama has often discussed his unique childhood. When he was 6, he moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, with his mother and stepfather. In 2008, Inside Edition traveled to see the middle-class neighborhood where Obama, then known as Barry, grew up and to find out what he was like as a student. One neighbor remembered how much of an appetite the boy had. His former classmates say he had a bright future ahead of him.